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Antonyms for felicitation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fi-lis-i-tey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : fɪˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən

Definition of felicitation

Origin : 1709, noun of action from felicitate. Related: Felicitations.

As in pat on the back : noun expression of approval
As in congratulation : noun compliment
As in compliment : noun praise, flattery
As in congratulations : noun complimentation on achievement, luck

Example sentences :

So when Kermit rode in with the news late in the afternoon it was a time for felicitation.
Extract from : « In Africa » by John T. McCutcheon

It has been suggested that we send him a wireless despatch of appreciation and felicitation in the name of the association.
Extract from : « Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 » by Various

It is, perhaps, a matter for felicitation that Mr. Kelly has been his own autobiographer.
Extract from : « The Humors of Falconbridge » by Jonathan F. Kelley

The interview passed on a note of felicitation, until the very end.
Extract from : « Caught by the Turks » by Francis Yeats-Brown

But on going to congratulate "our Lincoln," the deputation found him easy and incredulous on the felicitation.
Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams

She was not thinking of the kind of felicitation that had been implied when she had sent Evie the teacloth.
Extract from : « The Debit Account » by Oliver Onions

All nobles who used to pay visits of felicitation, now shunned her house and gathered at the mansion of Udaijin, near her own.
Extract from : « Japanese Literature » by Various

I opened it eagerly—to enjoy the expected message of felicitation from home.
Extract from : « Under the Prophet in Utah » by Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins

Your felicitation, benign, though doubtless gold at heart, is set in a doubtful frame.
Extract from : « Kai Lung's Golden Hours » by Ernest Bramah

Now I write these things to you from Smyrna, by the hand of the Ephesians, who are worthy of all felicitation.
Extract from : « The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious » by William Dool Killen

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